woodsaint1

When did I mention average players? Theres plenty of good players who would improve us who dont play for a top european side - the likes of Armstrong and Salisu both come to mind. Is this not where the infamous black box comes in - identifying good players with lots of potential. As opposed to queuing up with 10 other clubs to look at some barca kid who will go elsewhere anyways

No doubt we're seriously looking but knowing us it will have been players who we have <5% chance of actually signing. If you're on the fringes of Barca or Benfica I imagine you'll have much more attractive options than us. Will take us until mid-August to realise that and then we'll be onto our 6/7th choice

Why? Hes only featured twice since February with a hamstring injury missing the run in and playoffs. They might decide to cash in on him given they've other decent options at LB

Freddie Woodman who has been linked with us gifting Brentford a penalty in the playoff final

We wont be signing anybody of VVDs calibre I can guarantee that so not sure how thats comparable. Our recent signings - Salisu, Diallo etc have been a few tiers below that and they certainly required time to get up to speed (accepting that Salisu was injured). You could argue neither is fully accustomed to the system as yet but needs must last season they were needed with injuries

Cant help but feel that come the season start we'll still be scouring the market for new signings after multiple knock backs, despite indications from the club that we'll be getting some deals done early. I understand that sometimes we need to wait to see how the market develops and what opens up, but with Ralph's high demands and style of system to learn, it would make alot more sense to get signings in early. Depressing when you see clubs like Liverpool who have identified a shortcoming at CB and secured a replacement already. Yes their appeal is much greater than ours but the turn around in getting it done is impressive.

LMFAO people having a different opinion to you. Christ

No chance with Rose, hes still waiting on AC Milan coming in with an offer 😂😂😂. Seriously though, I wouldnt go near him with his ego and wage demands

Nobody is paying 30 million for Ings, not with him having one year left and with his injury record (not serious ones recently, but persistent ones which add up to a lot of games missed). We'll do well to get 20 million imo

Hasnt convinced me at all since his initial purple patch and I'm not buying the "hes still young" argument. A younger Tella is streaks ahead of him at the moment in terms of impact and potential. If we can move him on for something similar to what we paid and use the money for the likes of Rashica or Danjuma then that would be good business imo.

Vesty can put his feet up with Kjaer, Christensen and Andersen all ahead of him in the pecking order

He was a mainstay in the side which started the season so well, multiple clean sheets and a last minute equaliser against Chelsea. He also didnt play in the 9-0 debacle against United. You can argue it both ways, fact is Vestergaard like our other CBs is capable of throwing a few disasters in there, thats why hes at us. We can explore new CB options all we like, but there also needs to be recognition from Ralph that our defensive shape at times is shambolic. That rests with him and the style of play he employs

This forum is pathetic at times. Vestergaard has went from being 'worse than Hoedt' at the start of season, to being easily our best CB around xmas and now following a bad game today (which all players have) hes useless again and we need to get rid. Currently none of our current CBs are better than Vestergaard, its not even debatable. Bednarek has been particularly poor for large parts of this season, Salisu may be the future but hes still learning and Stephens is average. Im personally hoping he signs a new deal, but if he doesnt and we have to move him on, we need to get the replacement bang on as our other CB options are hardly inspiring

Yeah because whoever we replace Ralph with will work wonders with the likes of McCarthy, Bednarek, Stephens, Redmond, Walcott and Minamino. He deserves alot of criticism but christ the night Pep would struggle with these fuckwits

McCarthy has been dreadful the last few times hes played. Cant expect to compete at a decent level with pish keepers. Need to clear McCarthy, Gunn and Forster out and start again in the summer. Dave Watson can fuck off aswell

Move on Elyounnoussi and Djenepo, bring in Danjuma. Bournemouth will have to start cashing in on some of their best players as their parachute payments will be dropping

Jeez I thought the #oohdanishfriends maybe gave it away that I was joking. Still think Vesty signs a new contract regardless of any interest in Delaney

Most important for me was coming from 2 down to beat Burnley. Ended our terrible run, showed that we do have some fight in us at times and pretty much confirmed our safety. Favourite game of the season though was the home win vs Everton. They were flying high (top potentially), talk of CL football for them despite the season being young and we absolutely took them apart. Could have been 4 or 5-0. Very enjoyable

How do you know #oohdanishfriends

Hopefully Delaney signing would convince Vestergaard to extend his contract as well 🤞🏼

Ralph out!!

Cant see it. They have Cavani, Rashford, Greenwood and Martial all vying for positions. Would need to move Martial on before they can consider Ings. United will likely focus their efforts on Sancho again

To be honest, the quality of coaches around Ralph can only be blamed on Ralph. With the level of autonomy hes allowed at this club already, if he wasnt happy with the coaches around him he could click his fingers and changes would be made. He cant claim that hes been lumbered with these coaches and not able to do anything about it

Bye Bye McCarthy. Good luck in the championship 👋🏻

Fortune for it to be two. Luckily they had McCarthy to thank